Iraq investigating attack on Syrian workers

Iraq investigating attack on Syrian workers by AFP Staff Writers Baghdad (AFP) Mar 12, 2025 Iraq said Wednesday it was investigating an attack on Syrian workers in the country after a newly formed Iraqi group vowed to avenge the mass killing of...

Iraq security brief: MP office attack, multiple killings

2025-10-16T21:58:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News Below is a summary of key security and public safety incidents reported across Iraq on October 16, 2025. - Gunman Kills Woman (Kirkuk) A 32-year-old woman was shot dead inside...

Iraq drops in 2025 Global Hunger Index

2025-10-16T23:17:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq has fallen to 63rd place in the 2025 Global Hunger Index, a drop from 70th in 2024, according to German organizations Welthungerhilfe and Worldwide Concern. With...

Iraq Is Leading the Way on al-Hol. The World Must Do Its Part.

At the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Iraq convened a high-level conference on the al-Hol camp, where tens of thousands of Islamic State members and their families are held. As we continue our effort to repatriate,...

Linxon Discusses Energy Projects with Iraqi PM

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani met in Baghdad on Wednesday with the Swiss Ambassador to Iraq, Daniel Hunn, and the Swedish Ambassador, Jörgen Lindström, accompanied by senior representatives from Linxon, including its...

Citi Pharma Corrects Statement regarding Factory in Iraq

By John Lee. Pakistan's Citi Pharma has said it has not made a decision regarding the establishment of a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Iraq. In a statement to the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Thursday, the company blamed social...

Transport Investment Key to Iraq's Economic Growth

By John Lee. Minister of Transport Razzaq Muhaibis Al-Saadawi opened the Transport, Aviation and Logistics Services Exhibition (ITL EXPO 2025) on Wednesday, attended by officials and representatives from local and international companies in...

UNDP contract in Baghdad

How Iraq is reclaiming its ancient heritage to become a cultural tourism destination

After years of conflict and instability, Iraq is drawing visitors to its ancient cities and archaeological treasures Iraq is promoting heritage tourism to diversify its oil-dependent economy and generate sustainable sources of income Jonathan...

Iran-Backed Factions Hinder Saudi Investments in Iraq’s Economy

Despite historic normalization talks between Riyadh and Tehran, Iran’s political proxies in Iraq are reportedly blocking up to $100 billion in Saudi investments, exposing the fragile nature of Middle Eastern rapprochement. The Abraham Accords’...

I helped disarm Iraq in 2003 – this is how Hamas’s guns could be removed

One of the big unknowns around the Gaza ceasefire deal is the fate of Hamas's weaponry What we all got wrong after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 was to have no plan for what happened next. The vacuum left by disbanding the Iraqi police force...

Adam Thielen gives Detroit Lakes family jersey to honor family member killed in Iraq

DETROIT LAKES — It's been nearly 20 years since Detroit Lakes native Troy Linden was killed in action in Ramadi, Iraq, but his family has never forgotten. So when Troy's sister, Sarah Linden Hudson, and her family were given the opportunity to...

Baghdad drowning in waste: A growing environmental and economic crisis

Shafaq News Every day, Baghdad wakes up under a blanket of its own waste. Streets and alleys are buried beneath mountains of trash, turning the city into a living symbol of neglect. But this is more than an eyesore—it is a ticking environmental...

Terrified Scandinavian locals issue warning to US after their utopian city was ranked as dangerous as BAGHDAD after being overrun by immigrants

Locals are warning foreigners to stay away from a once-utopian Scandinavian city that has been deemed as dangerous as Baghdad after being overrun by immigrants. Malmö, Sweden, has been branded a 'disgrace' as violence continues to escalate in the...

Basra to host Iraq's largest privately built gas power station

2025-10-16T21:20:12+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity signed on Thursday a contract to construct the Al-Faw gas-fired power plant in Basra. The project—implemented by US firm General...

The bells of two beautiful churches destroyed (and now restored) after the passage of Islamism in Iraq ring once again

Elizabeth Owens y Covadonga Asturias (ZENIT News / Mosul, 10.16.2025).- When the bells of Mosul rang out again this week, their chime carried more than music. It carried memory and a fragile hope reborn. For the first time since war and terror...

How the U.S. Failure in Iraq Haunts Trump’s Gaza Plan

The initial response to the Israel-Hamas cease-fire agreement clinched by the Trump administration last week has been rapturous. Palestinians are reveling in the prospect of an end to two years of almost unimaginable brutality and grinding...

Iraqi parliamentary candidate killed in car bombing

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani during a meeting on October 15. Sudani has called for an investigation after a car bombing killed a candidate for parliament. (Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office) Safaa al Mashhadani, a Sunni Iraqi...

Kinship over Policy: Iraqi Tribes Shape November Vote

Shafaq News In Iraq’s intricate political landscape—still defined by sectarian, ethnic, and regional divides—one institution continues to steer the nation’s course: the tribe. As Iraq heads toward the November 11, 2025, parliamentary elections,...

Iraqi politicians sound alarm over rising US pressure ahead of polls

As Iraq prepares to hold parliamentary elections on November 11, lawmakers say the current parliament, elected in 2021, has seen its work stalled amid persistent foreign pressure, particularly from Washington. Under Iraqi law, the current...